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Los Angeles, CA - The growing disparity in economic inequality has become so stark that even Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve chairwoman, recently expressed concern. Interestingly, new research has discovered that American citizens desire an unequal, but more equal distribution of wealth and income. Lower levels of this “unequality” are associated with decreased unethical behavior and increased motivation and labor productivity. This study is published today in the inaugural issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS).

London, UK. In the digital age, Journalism research faces important challenges to capture, examine, and understand the current news environment. Responding to these changes, SAGE Publishing today announces the publication of The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism, which begins by addressing the pressing need for a thorough and bold debate to redefine the assumptions of research within journalism studies.

The following lists the pure gold open access journals published by Sage. All articles published in the journals provide worldwide, barrier-free access to the full-text of articles online, immediately on publication under a creative commons license. All articles are rigorously peer-reviewed retaining the quality hallmarks of the academic publishing process that authors would experience in publishing in any traditional Sage journal.

Los Angeles– What does “African” mean to African descendants in North America? Is it important for people of African descent to exhibit African cultural traits in order to show acceptance of their heritage? What contributions have African cultures made to American society? Answering these questions and many others is the new The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America.

London, UK. The Sociological Review, Britain’s oldest sociology journal, will be joining the comprehensive social science portfolio at leading independent and academic publisher SAGE Publishing, from January 2017.

London, UK - SAGE a leading independent academic and professional publisher today announced that it will be a major sponsor and publisher of an authoritative report, written by the Campaign for Social Sciences (CfSS), to set out the value of social science to the UK’s economy and society ahead of the General Election in May 2015.

SAGE Publishing has partnered with the Asia-Pacific Research Center, Hanyang University to publish its flagship journal, the Journal of Eurasian Studies (ENS).

An open access journal, ENS is dedicated to researching the links between countries in the Eurasian region. The journal also includes research that focuses on the links with neighboring countries. By studying these links the open access journal aims to provide original views and research relating to Eurasian politics.

Ahead of an important election year, many are turning to political data for insight on the American political system—data that is vast and at times, complex. SAGE today announces the release of Vital Statistics on American Politics 2015-2016, containing easy-to-understand, statistical data about many topics in American politics in one volume. The text is updated with information from hundreds of sources and is written for students, professional researchers and interested citizens wanting to learn about a broad spectrum of United States politics and policies.

Migration to New Worlds (www.migration.amdigital.co.uk), a collection of materials on the ‘Century of Immigration’, is to be made freely available to all UK academics and students in higher (HE) and further (FE) education institutions from January 2016 thanks to a collaboration between Jisc and Adam Matthew.

London, UK. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent academic publisher of journals, books, and digital media, today announced that it is to begin publishing Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ), the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA).

Community college students who borrow up to $1,999 in student loans during their first two years of community college complete 17% fewer academic credits in that same time period than their peers who take out $2,000 to $3,999 in loans or do not take out any loans at all. This finding and more were published in a new study out today in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (a SAGE Publishing journal).

Los Angeles, CA - SAGE and the Society for Teaching of Psychology (STP) are delighted to announce that Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour, assistant professor at the University of New England, and Kasey Powers, graduate student at The Graduate Center, CUNY, are the winners of the 2014 Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award (TIPD).